4-Day Hollywood, Disneyland (or San Diego), Universal Studios Tour from San Francisco

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		Adult	Child (Age 2-12)	Adult	Child (Age 2-12)
$438	$288	$158	$158	$258	$258	$100

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Child Rate: Child rates apply to ages 2-12 using existing bedding with 2 full-paying passengers. Each hotel room can only accommodate a maximum 4 guests (adults and children).

Infant Rate: A separate seat is required for infants and infant rate ($25/day) apply to those under 2 years old (*rate does not include any admission fees)

Share the experience with family and friends as the thrill and excitement of summer blockbusters comes to life in Universal Studios. Experience the all new Revenge of the Mummy or take a Studio tour to see sets and secrets revealed. Go to the behind-the-scenes of movies such as Jurassic Park, Psycho, as well as other legendary films.

Spend another full day in the original 'Happiest place on Earth'. Walt Disney's original theme park continues to draw millions of visitors each year to its many "lands," including old favorites like Fantasyland, Main Street U.S.A., Tomorrow land and Adventure land.

Contrast Los Angeles with the hidden Solvang, tucked away in the sunny countryside of the Santa Ynez Valley. The small and charming Danish town brings quaint old world architecture, delightful shops, and cookies that are out of this world. Then there is the serenity of Santa Barbara that accentuates the natural beauty of California coast. c->

Itinerary

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Day 1

Bay Area - Los Angeles (381 miles)

We will leave the Bay Area and drive to the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, CA on the southern coast of California. We will take a walk along Hollywood Boulevard, and visit the Chinese Theater and the Kodak Theater Complex. After dinner, we will transfer to our hotel.

Los Angeles, CA

L.A. is the second largest city in the U.S. and is located on the west coast of California. It providing plenty of things to see and do. Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Venice, Anaheim, Redondo Beach - the list of interesting places goes on and on.

Standard Hotel: Holiday Inn Select, La Mirada or similar

Day 2

Disneyland OR San Diego City Tour (97 miles)

Option A: Disneyland
Guests will spend the day in the magical world of Disneyland*, brainchild of creator Walt Disney. When the park closes, we’ll head back to our hotel in Los Angeles for another night.

Option B: San Diego City Tour*
At 9:00am we will depart from the hotel and drive south along the Pacific Ocean toward San Diego, CA. We will first stop by the U.S. Naval Compound in San Diego Harbor. After lunch, our tour goes to Coronado, CA and visits the world-famous Hotel del Coronado. Up next is Balboa Park, and then we will move on to Old Town San Diego. We’ll return to our hotel by 7:30 pm.

Anaheim, CA

Disneyland: California's Disneyland Park is the only theme park to be built under the watchful eye of Walt Disney himself. The "happiest place on Earth" is an 85-acre compound home to eight smaller theme "lands" and the famous Disneyland Resort.

San Diego, CA

San Diego is California’s second largest city, known as “America’s Finest City,” its the ideal place for visitors of all ages, with an abundance of rich history and an array of cultural, iconic and entertaining attractions to suit everyone.

Standard Hotel: Holiday Inn Select, La Mirada or similar

Day 3

Universal Studios (Full Day)

We will spend the day in Universal Studios theme park.

Los Angeles, CA

Universal Studios Hollywood: The Universal Studios, is located in Hollywood, capital of the American film industry. The studio-themed park has attractions that include behind-the-scenes tours of movie sets, as well as rides based on your favorite films.

Standard Hotel: Holiday Inn Select, La Mirada or similar

Day 4

Los Angeles - Solvang - Bay Area (425 miles)

In the morning, we will visit the relaxing Danish immigrant town of Solvang. After spending the day there, we will return to San Francisco.

Solvang, CA

Antiquated windmills and Northern Europeans-style architecture punctuate the little village's skyline. Brilliant sunshine, boundless open country and rolling hills- these are the characteristics of what the original Danish immigrants called "Solvang" or "Sunny Field".

*Optional activity; fee not included in tour price. See “Exclusions” for cost details.
†Hotels are correct at the time of going to press, but are subject to change.

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Departure and Return Details

Departure	Return	Locations (Return times are estimated)
6:20am	7:00pm	3288 Pierce St., Richmond, CA 94804 (Ranch 99 Market (In front of the Cathay Bank))
7:00am	7:00pm	441 9th St., Oakland, CA 94607 (Angel Feet Reflexology‎)
7:45am	7:00pm	391 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA 94108 (Starbucks Coffee)
8:00am	7:00pm	777 Airport Blvd, Burlingame, CA 94010 (Red Roof Inn SFO Airport)
8:00am	7:00pm	5000 Sierra Point Parkway, Brisbane, CA 94005 (Radisson Hotel San Francisco Airport)
8:00am	7:00pm	380 S. Airport Blvd, San Francisco, CA 90480 (Best Western Grosvenor Hotel)
8:00am	7:00pm	245 S. Airport Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94080 (Citi Garden Hotel SFO)
8:50am	7:00pm	35233 Newark Blvd, Newark, CA 94560 (Sichuan Restaurant)
9:00am	7:00pm	10122 Bandley Dr, Cupertino, CA 95014 (Marina Food Supermarket)
9:10am	7:00pm	46881 Warm Springs Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539 (Aberdeen Cafe)
9:20am	7:00pm	1701 Lundy Ave, San Jose, CA 95131 (Liang's Kitchen)
9:30am	7:00pm	668 Barber Ln, Milpitas, CA 95035 (Ulferts Center)
9:30am	7:00pm	777 Bellew Dr, Milpitas, CA 95035 (Crowne Plaza)

Inclusions

3 nights hotel accommodations
Transportation via air-conditioned vehicle
Bi- or multi-lingual tour (Level 3: fully-guided tour)
All taxes and fees included

Exclusions

Theme parks admissions:

Universal Studios - Adult $78, Child (3-7, under 48 inches) $70
Disneyland - Adult $86, Child (3-7, under 48 inches) $80

San Diego City Tour: Adult - $68; Child (2-12) - $58
Air fares between your city and San Francisco
All meals and drinks during the trip, but the tour guide will arrange for.
Service fees for your tour guide and bus driver (total $6.00/day per passenger)
Personal room fees such as laundry or valet services, telephone calls, or alcoholic beverages/ mini bar items, unless they are otherwise specified.
Any private expenses

Additional Note

For pre-post tour hotel accommodation in Best Western Grosvenor Hotel, please click here. Pick up and drop off are available from/to this hotel.
Language: All tours are escorted by professional bi- or multi-lingual tour and/or driver guides (English/Chinese). Depending on the number of passengers booked for a particular departure, tours and/or languages may be combined to operate the tours.
Universal Studios: The child admission tickets of Universal Studios Hollywood if purchased separately, will be based on the passenger's height as stipulated by the theme parks. (1) Guests 48 inches and taller will pay the general admission price. (2) Guests under 48 inches will pay child fare.

Redemption

You will receive an confirmation email (e-ticket) after your order was received. Complete Operator information, including local telephone numbers at your destination, are included on your Confirmation Email (e-ticket). When you reserve your attractions and services you will be asked to print e-tickets to present when you arrive at your destination. You must print the e-tickets and take them along on your trip; they are your proof of purchase.

Terms & Condition

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The purchase of any travel services represents your acceptance Terms & Conditions set out herein. Please ensure that you read carefully and understand these Terms & Conditions prior to booking.

Cancellations and Alteration fees
Regardless of reason, cancellations result in costly charges from our travel and hotel providers covering penalties and fees incurred by canceling confirmed and pending bookings. Therefore, cancellation penalties and or fees will apply. Time of cancellation will be determined when notice is received and confirmed by our office. Notice of cancellation must be made directly to Taketours through web mail at Contact Us. Your refund request will be answered and processed promptly. If you do not receive any reply within 2 business days, that means your request is not received successfully; thus, the tour status remains "confirmed". Please contact us immediately at 617.354.2101.

Cancellation penalties as follows;

Cancellations received up to 8 days prior to departure will incur a penalty of 10% of total purchase amount.
Cancellations received within 4-7 days of departure will incur a penalty of 50% of total purchase amount.
Cancellations received within 3 days of departure will incur a penalty of 100% of total purchase amount.
Unused features are non-refundable. No shows forfeit entire payment.
We cannot grant refunds more than 30 days after completion of tour.
There is 6% handling fee of refund amount add-on to the above penalties.

Itinerary Variations
We constantly strives to improve tour itineraries and features. If such improvements can be made, or unforeseen circumstances beyond our control make changes necessary - we reserve the right to vary itineraries and to substitute hotels. At certain peak periods duplicate departures may operate, and sometimes in reverse order in which case hotels may vary from those stated on the itinerary pages.

Tour Cancellation
We reserves the right to cancel or re-schedule any tour departure in accordance with operating requirements (e.g. minimum number of passengers) or circumstances beyond its control. If cancellation is made any time prior to departure* of the tour, Taketours' only liability will be to refund to the passenger the amount it has received for the tour booking. We will try to re-book the same or similar tour. Please note that we are not liable for any cancellation penalties incurred on any other travel arrangements including air tickets purchased separately from customers.

We are not responsible for any other travel arrangements affected due to our cancellations.

Popular FAQs

May I have the hotel accommodation details for this tour?
The itinerary/details page of the tour will have information about the level of hotel. The actual hotel will not be finalized until 1 or 2 days before departure. Most hotels are around 2 stars and you may get the exact hotel details while reconfirming your tour.
Where will we have meals in this tour?
Meals are NOT included in the tour price but our tour guide will arrange meal stops. Normally we stop at a plaza to have some fast food, or stop at a restaurant and passengers can order.
Where are the pick-up locations of tours?
Departure information, including time and location, is listed in the “Departure And Return Details” section of the tour itinerary. There is often a link to a map as well. Every e-ticket includes full pick-up time and location information. Please print out your e-Ticket and bring your ID to board the bus.
Can I change my seats on the bus?
The seats will be rotated daily on all itinerary over 2 days in duration. We can make special arrangement if you can produce doctor's note etc.
How to select and pay the optional admission fee?
It should be paid upon arrival. Please bring cash for optional admission fees, meals, as well as tips to tour guide.
Is there any insurance for Children?
Children under 2 years old will be charged $25 per day for mandatory General Liability Insurance. It is also to guarantee a seat for the child. If the parents prefer to hold the child, it is considered as forfeiting the seat.
What does the Lodging pull-down menu mean?
This is where you select how many people will be in your room. Double occupancy for hotel room is only guaranteed with a tour purchase by two persons. Single room is only for one person and price is higher. Family triple arrangements can be purchased with three tickets. Family quad arrangements can be purchased with four tickets.
Can I pay this tour by cash?
No. Gotobus is a complete online travel company and uses a completely secure and automated booking system, therefore we can only accept bookings made online, using an authorized and valid credit card, check (by fax or mail) and money order (by mail).
Can you send me a brochure for this tour?
You will find an electronic brochure for each tour on our website describing all activities and itineraries. Printed brochures are not available. If you do not find adequate information about a tour on our website, please contact our online help. Contact customer support
How to cancel this tour?
Please refer to the cancelation policy of the tour under Redemption and Policies tab. You need to send us an email at support@taketours.com for the cancelation. Your refund request will be answered and processed promptly. If you do not receive any reply, that means your request is not processed. Please contact us immediately.
Is there any hotel upgrade option available ?
At this moment, we are not offering any hotel upgrades. When this option is available we should have it on the tour page.

Customer Q & As

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while purchasing my ticket it says that i can check out later than the tour leaves, would it cost more? because the price calculation does not change even if i change the check out day to 10 days after the tour has ended. i would like to know because i am interested in staying behind a day or two more and i dont want to be faced with a bill that i havent brought money for. thank you
by brian on 2013-05-15

After you click "yes" for staying late,you need to "view hotel options"and choose the hotels. Then the system will give you the final price.

Taketours on 2013-05-15

Does this tour require that you pay for the admission into Disneyland and Universal Studios? Also if I were to drive from San Jose to Los Angeles and meet with the tour would that be a problem?
by brian on 2013-05-15

Theme parks are optional. YOu can join directly from Los Angeles. Once you book, you can contact us to arrange self check-in on day one.

Taketours on 2013-05-15

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	Posted by: Anilbabu V on 2013-01-01
We were based out of SanJose, we do drive around a lot to visit new places which are an hour or two, but driving to LA would be gruesome, surely we wouldn't have enjoyed the scenic route had we driven. This Tour happens to be our first Bus tour in US, didn't expect much and was very cautious about the kind of accommodation and the Guided Tour. But was pleasantly surprised, the Tour was very professional and accommodation was top notch in Holiday Inn. We wouldn't have covered so much had we driven ourselves. Bus ride was very smooth and with proper pre-planned halts at specific hubs with all food joints was pretty good. There were few things that in such tours one cann't avoid such as an added 15min delay for all to assemble. We found almost all families from Asian community on this tour, very homely. Overall a 5 star experience. Would definitely recommend if you are wary of driving and planning things for accomodation and to-fro travel to all site seeing places and attractions.
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	Posted by: Nathan on 2012-09-19
As international travellers from Australia, we did not know what to expect. We flew into San Francisco and stood on a street corner waiting to be picked up by an internet booked travel company. We got a pleasant surprise. The coach was modern and on time, the guide was polite and spoke fluent english. The tour was well organised and the hotel was modern and clean. Thank you for a safe and memorable tour.......
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	Posted by: samuel on 2012-09-12
The L.A tour was very great. It exceeded my expectation. I will give 5 stars.
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	Posted by: manju on 2012-06-16
The trip was very well organized. Our guide Angela was awesome. I wish we had more time in universal studios. I'm giving only 4 stars because on the first day we had to change 3 buses and had to transfer our luggage from the bus each time we moved.
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	Posted by: krishna on 2012-02-22
It was a nice trip.Guide was more informative and well executed the trip.
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	Posted by: perng on 2011-12-29
Overall trip is Great, it will be better if tour guide can spend more time on hollywood then simply rush thru it & Improvement must make on meeting area which is not so clear.
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	Posted by: Mukesh on 2011-12-20
Well planned and executed. Tour was really amazing and overall experience was great! Tour guide was helpful and well aware about the surrondings.
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	Posted by: lizbeth on 2011-11-04
loved it!!! the tour guide d.j and driver joe were amaizing. tour guide very professional funny and driver polite and kept us safe. will travel again for sure.
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	Posted by: Bilas on 2011-10-21
Great package for LA! Awesome guide. Driver is not polite though.
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	Posted by: Prasad on 2011-08-17
The Tour was great. Even with Infant Kid we were able to enjoy the tour. The Guides are very helpful.
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	Posted by: Anurag on 2011-08-02
The LA Tour was really good my mother in-law enjoyed it, specially Universal Studios.
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	Posted by: Mandar on 2011-07-29
Its a really great tour. My parents and in-laws have been to LA by this tour. They really liked the overall pace, tour guide, hotel accommodation and food availability. I would recommended this tour highly to everyone.
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	Posted by: farzana on 2011-07-28
Very organised and managed time well. The last day was too short and was not much to see. Would have been great if you showed us more.
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	Posted by: VEERA SEKHAR on 2011-04-26
The LA tour was organized very well. The tour guide Raymond was cooperative and was very patient. Really it was a great trip and good experience for my family. Strongly recommended. I will plan my future tours with them also.
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	Posted by: Chandrashekar on 2011-01-08
LA tour was awesome and amazing. I went single but I did not felt lonely. In our tour only few Indians and more Chinese people .Hotel arrangement is very good and nice. If we follow the tour guide, we should not worry about anything. Our first day had a lot of time in the bus because of adjustment and replacement of other people in other buses otherwise everything went fine because of this we went late to Hollywood first day at 4.30PM because of this not able to take good photos and not able to take more places because of darkness. We have to take enough food for 4 days. We need to arrange rain coat or umbrella and jacket in advance in case of cold and raining and if possible we have to carry water bottles otherwise buying in disney land and universal studio may cost more. Going with goto bus, we should not worry about anything just we have follow instructions. Thanks a lot for arrangement gotobus including tour guide, bus driver and all members. I will refer people to go for this tour and I will recommend all my friends for this tour.
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Bay Area - Los Angeles (381 miles)

Los Angeles, CA

Disneyland OR San Diego City Tour (97 miles)

Anaheim, CA

San Diego, CA

Universal Studios (Full Day)

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles - Solvang - Bay Area (425 miles)

Solvang, CA

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	Posted by: Shailesh on 2010-12-28
We had really enjoyed the 4 day tour to LA and theme parks. Guide was excellent and managed our time in very effective way. We enjoyed all the rides and shows in Universal Studios. The Christmas parade in Disneyland was awesome. Solvang and Santa Barbara are scenic. Hotel Quality Inn was good. Selection for spots for lunch/dinner were good. Entire experience was very good. I will strongly recommend this trip for friends.
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	Posted by: NITI on 2010-12-03
I would say, my best tour so far. I really liked the guide, she was so helpful and very organized. Before stopping for lunch etc she always asked for both vegetarian and non-vegetarian people and selected the spots according to that. For sure i will be taking the tours in future.
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	Posted by: Vijayendra on 2010-11-05
The trip was well organized and everything was taken care in a perfect manner. The nice part was about the extent of the details. Both at universal studios and disney land, the guide made sure that we start from particular area so that we are not standing in line forever. Once we followed his instructions everything else was just smooth. Needless to say that the experience from gotobus.com was great as always. This was the second trip which we did with gotobus.com and I could not wait long to start our third trip with them as well. We would highly recommend gotobus and their tours.
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	Posted by: IMRAN on 2010-08-29
It was a wonderful tour. The tour guys were very helpful. The hotel was awesome and all the arrangements were perfect. Just travel by Gotobus and do not worry about other stuff.
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	Posted by: Duraiyarasan on 2010-07-31
The tour was awesome, and guide is excellent in organizing and helping. Only problem we had - we booked for 3 people, but the in the hotel they allocated only 2 beds. We asked extra bed - but they charged us (reducing 1 star just for this).
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	Posted by: Vaijayant on 2010-07-23
Our tour to LA, Disneyland, Universal studio, Santa Barbara and Solvang village was amazing. We enjoyed every bit of it. Tour guide was very informative. Hotel stay was great. More time should be given at Santa Barbara, Solvang village and Hollywood bldv.
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	Posted by: bhola on 2010-07-18
The LA tour was awesome. We really enjoyed it. It was a memorable experience. Thank You!
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	Posted by: Sreekanth on 2010-07-15
The LA tour was arranged really nice. Also the guide was very good.
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	Posted by: RamaKrishna on 2010-05-23
The Los Angeles Tour was really great. We have enjoyed a lot in Disneyland and Universal Studios.
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	Posted by: ANANTHARAJ on 2009-12-01
We have really enjoyed the Tour.It was a Great experience!
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